| Chapter title |
Pulsed Electromagnetic Field (PEMF) Mitigates High Intracranial Pressure (ICP) Induced Microvascular Shunting (MVS) in Rats
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|---|---|
| Chapter number | 20 |
| Book title |
Intracranial Pressure & Neuromonitoring XVI
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| Published in |
Acta neurochirurgica Supplement, January 2018
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| DOI | 10.1007/978-3-319-65798-1_20 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Book ISBNs |
978-3-31-965797-4, 978-3-31-965798-1
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| Authors |
Denis E. Bragin, Olga A. Bragina, Sean Hagberg, Edwin M. Nemoto |
| Abstract |
High-frequency pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) stimulation is an emerging noninvasive therapy that we have shown increases cerebral blood flow (CBF) and tissue oxygenation in the healthy rat brain. In this work, we tested the effect of PEMF on the brain at high intracranial pressure (ICP). We previously showed that high ICP in rats caused a transition from capillary (CAP) to non-nutritive microvascular shunt (MVS) flow, tissue hypoxia and increased blood brain barrier (BBB) permeability. Using in vivo two-photon laser scanning microscopy (2PLSM) over the rat parietal cortex, and studied the effects of PEMF on microvascular blood flow velocity, tissue oxygenation (NADH autofluorescence), BBB permeability and neuronal necrosis during 4 h of elevated ICP to 30 mmHg. PEMF significantly dilated arterioles, increased capillary blood flow velocity and reduced MVS/capillary ratio compared to sham-treated animals. These effects led to a significant decrease in tissue hypoxia, BBB degradation and neuronal necrosis. PEMF attenuates high ICP-induced pathological microcirculatory changes, tissue hypoxia, BBB degradation and neuronal necrosis. |
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